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March 2023 - May 2023
The recently proposed High Intensity Kaon Experiments (HIKE) project offers a long-term vision for a research programme at CERN, covering experimental searches in the kaon sector that could enable a new generation of searches and indirectly probe…
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March 2023 - May 2023
Introduction The upcoming upgrade of the LHC to the HL-LHC will pose significant challenges to the detectors due to the enhanced radiation levels and the increase in the number of pile-up interactions. To meet the increased demands, CMS has…
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March 2023 - May 2023
The start of the High Luminosity LHC is approaching at a fast pace. In order to be ready with its upgraded front-end electronics and data acquisition systems, ATLAS Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) community is now entering the production phase, after a…
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March 2023 - May 2023
The milliQan collaboration is on track to finish the installation and commissioning of their Run 3 detector before the end of the YETS, Components of both the “bar” and “slab” detectors have been placed in a tunnel above the CMS experimental cavern…
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December 2022 - February 2023
This year saw the long-anticipated start of the LHC Run 3, and the excitement was tangible in the ATLAS control room during the afternoon of the 5th of July when the LHC proton beams were expected to be brought into stable beam collisions, for the…
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December 2022 - February 2023
The ATLAS trigger system consists of a first-level trigger based on custom electronics and firmware, and a high-level software trigger (HLT) running on off-the-shelf hardware. The first level trigger (see Figure 1) uses information from calorimeters…
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December 2022 - February 2023
Following an intense period of upgrades, a totally revamped ALICE experiment statred a very challenging period of commissioning with beam and data-taking during the first year of the LHC Run 3. The ALICE detector has undergone a major upgrade…
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December 2022 - February 2023
Even though Run-3 data taking has only just started, the preparations for the next phase of the LHC physics programme are well under way. Just like the LHC, during LS3 many of the LHC experiments will receive significant upgrades. In order to…
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December 2022 - February 2023
Run 3 started on July 5, 2022, and paused with the shutdown of the machine on Monday, November 28 at 6 a.m. CMS recorded an integrated luminosity of nearly 40/fb (see Fig. 1, making for a particularly fruitful startup run. Figure 1: Luminosity…
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December 2022 - February 2023
High-performance electromagnetic calorimeters often make use of inorganic crystal scintillators. Their high density makes them well suited for the construction of large homogeneous detectors where the scintillating material simultaneously serves as…
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